5/16/13

From Gary... Stairway to Heaven


Today's post is unusual in that it didn't begin with a picture, but rather a song.  Recently, Elizabeth was visiting for a few days and during her stay she happened to mention something like, "you seem to sing a lot".  Knowing myself, that is probably the sense of it and NOT her exact words.  But, anyway, I thought about that this morning and sat down and actually listened to some music from the 60's.  My tastes include many types of music, but rock and roll is probably at the top of the list.  Eventually, I came to one of my all time favorites and I liked it so much, that I played it several times.  There is something about the song, something that reverberates in me over and over- until it becomes part of my day (and night).  If you have eight minutes, click on the link below and listen- I hope you enjoy it.



Lyrics to "Stairway to Heaven"


There's a lady who's sure 

All that glitters is gold 
And she's buying a stairway to heaven. 
When she gets there she knows 
If the stores are all closed 
With a word she can get what she came for. 
Ooh ooh and she's buying a stairway to heaven. 
There's a sign on the wall 
But she wants to be sure 
'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings. 
In a tree by the brook 
There's a songbird who sings, 
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven. 
Ooh, it makes me wonder, 
Ooh, it makes me wonder. 
There's a feeling I get 
When I look to the west, 
And my spirit is crying for leaving. 
In my thoughts I have seen 
Rings of smoke through the trees, 
And the voices of those who standing looking. 
Ooh, it makes me wonder, 
Ooh, it really makes me wonder. 
And it's whispered that soon, If we all call the tune 
Then the piper will lead us to reason.
And a new day will dawn 
For those who stand long 
And the forests will echo with laughter. 
If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, 
Don't be alarmed now, 
It's just a spring clean for the May queen. 
Yes, there are two paths you can go by 
But in the long run 
There's still time to change the road you're on. 
And it makes me wonder. 
Your head is humming and it won't go 
In case you don't know, 
The piper's calling you to join him, 
Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow, 
And did you know 
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind. 
And as we wind on down the road 
Our shadows taller than our soul. 
There walks a lady we all know 
Who shines white light and wants to show 
How ev'rything still turns to gold. 
And if you listen very hard 
The tune will come to you at last. yrics to "Stairway to Heaven"



When all are one and one is all 
To be a rock and not to roll. 
And she's buying a stairway to heaven.


Commentary :




Led ZeppelinHUB INTRO

Although I am a Christian, I was not raised on Christian music or gospel – and I still have no real ear for either.  I came down through the years on a much edgier path, one littered with loud guitars, booming drums and crying keyboards.  While it is admissible that much of mainstream rock has no Christian elements in it, there is, I believe, a modicum of faith in the Creator evident in the styles of some.  I believe there is a great deal of beautiful and worthy poetry that remains to this day, sadly untapped.  So it is my intention to tap into this and present a continuing series of “lyric” studies for songs that have flown under the radar.  I do believe they hold a deep and meaningful message for us all.  I do not profess to know what the artist’s intentions were in creating their songs, but much like any work of art, it is open to interpretation by the hearer.  I am conveying my take on how they have affected my life.


Superstition

"There's a lady who's sure, all that glitters is gold, and she's buying the stairway to heaven."
It has been my sad experience in life to find that many church-going Christians are very superstitious. Superstition is defined as "an unreasoning fear of what is unknown or mysterious."
Many look at secular music and assume from the get that there is no spirituality in them, no desire to seek and find truth. They look at musicians for their outrageous sins which are all too often used to promote them for filthy lucre sake. But the greed, the drinking, the drugs, and the sex are not uncommon themes in normal every day life of normal every day people, including Christians. People of all faiths are battling addictions and carnal weaknesses. To believe it is a musicians job to behave as a role model is to believe any of us can successfully be a role model all the time.  None of us are without some misgivings. Hard as we try, we are not perfect either, and our daily walk takes us on many varied paths, some far from our Creator, His Son, and their purpose for us.  Let us not be too proud.
I truly believe 'Stairway to Heaven' speaks to all of us.  Only the proud believe they can get everything they want without bending to the will of the King of kings.
"When she gets there she knows, if the stores are all closed, with a word she can get what she came for."
On the live version of this particular song, the singer, Robert Plant, begins the song by saying, he believes it is a song of hope.
I started listening to Led Zeppelin when I was about 13 and that is how I saw it then - and still do.
Many Christian ministers, then and now, teach that because of guitarist Jimmy Page's obsession with the occult and Aleistar Crowley, the lyrics and spirit of Zeppelin music is tainted and demonic.
I call that line of thinking - that line of reasoning - superstition.
Mark 7:20 'And He said, That which cometh outof the man, defileth the man.'
In the next two verses, Yahshua lists a great many evils, everything from thoughts, adultery, theft, and pride before packaging the whole message.
Mark 7:23 'All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.'
You cannot be defiled by anything in this world.  You can be surrounded by every evil image and sound, and yet not be influenced by them.
Temptation is merely the option laid out on the table before you. The ability to resist or fail in the face of temptation is already stored up inside you. 
And, in truth, nothing is a temptation unless that weakness is already in you. Nobody can convince you to rob a bank for any reason unless the desire to take from others is already a part of your heart. Nobody can convince you to fornicate unless the desire to be sexually active without a spiritual yoke is already a part of your heart.  You can't blame the devil or anyone else for your sins.
If these weaknesses were not already a part of your heart, you would not know them to be tempting.
In all my years of listening to Led Zeppelin, I never once felt inclined to worship the devil, or seek out the mystery's of the occult. Getting beyond the superstition of it all, I saw the words written and sung by Led Zeppelin as the voice of one "seeking".
We are told in Scripture to seek Him early, while He can yet be found.
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REPENT

"There's a sign on the wall but she wants to be sure, cause you know sometimes words have two meanings."
Why do we who are seeking the truth about the Scriptures and the Creator, go to such great lengths to read and study words, phonetics, and definitions; even other languages?  We do this because we know there are idioms, there are words and phrases that mean different things to different people, at different times and places.  Everything is not as straightforward as our own understanding unless we are arrogant and choose to assume that everyone should see things our way.
"In the tree by the brook, there's a songbird who sings, Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven."
Pride is such an ugly characteristic in people.  And all too often, Christians bear the standard of pride worse than those they label 'heathen.' 
Repentance is our declaration to have thought, believed and behaved wrongly.  It is our declaration to the world, that at times, our thoughts, despite our Christian beliefs, have been misgiven - in error.
Try telling some Christians they are in error and they will raise a holy jihad against you.  They do not accept chastisement because they believe it is trying to uproot their faith.
Faith is more about uprooting knowledge in order to find solace in the unknown, then it is in knowing.
++++

Scared of Pipers

"There's a feeling I get when I look to the west, and my spirit is crying for leaving. In my thoughts I have seen, rings of smoke through the trees, and the voices of those who stand looking."
How many of us have never felt the urge to run away from our problems? How many of us have never felt like just turning our back on everything we know would solve all our problems?
When I hear those lines, that crying to leave and run west, run away from the sunrise, I hear a desire to flee in fear.
Hebrews 12:1 'Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.'
But once we see the cloud of witnesses to the truth, the voices that stand looking, the whole history of personalities listed in Hebrews Chapter 11 who "By Faith" endured and ran with patience the life set before them, we know what we have to do.
We have to "look unto Yahshua, the author and finisher of our faith." (Hebrews 12:2)
"And it's whispered that soon, if we all call the tune, then the piper will lead us to reason. And a new day will dawn for those who stand long, and the forest will echo in laughter."
I don't know about you but I hear that and all I can see is my Savior returning for me. I don't care if their was some ulterior motive behind the writer writing those words - what I hear is - Yahshua coming back and making a new day, a new heaven and a new earth. I look forward to that day of laughter.
++++

Your Not Saved Yet

"If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now, it's just a spring clean for the May queen. Yes, there are two paths you can go by but in the long run, there's still time to change the road you're on."
Sometimes we get caught up in our thoughts. We alarm ourselves and fret over everything we think and do. But making mistakes is part of our human walk. Christ has empathy for this weakness in us. He has given us time and opportunity to find the correct path and stay on it.
I think this verse probably bothers many Christians because far too many have been seduced by the "Once Saved, Always Saved" theory of salvation. I think Led Zeppelin got it right. I think there is always time to change the road you are on - for good - and for bad.
Mark 13:13 '. . . but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.'
In Ezekiel Chapter 18, Yahweh asks, how it is not fair that a man who repents is better than a man who was righteous and later resigns himself to evil? To mankind, the old deeds of the righteous man should speak for him despite his latest sins, and the sinner man's sins should speak for him despite his conversion.  That is an unforgiving world.
There is still time for Christians to fall away, just like there is still time for sinners to be saved.
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BORN AGAIN

"Your head is humming and it won't go, in case you don't know, the piper's calling you to join him."
He knew you before you were born and He is calling you to join Him. This "conscience" will not go away unless you become completely reprobate and allow your heart to have no voice at all.
"Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow, and did you know, your stairway lies on the whispering wind."
You cannot buy the stairway to heaven for the stairway is spiritual. Those that are of the flesh-thinking, believe there has to be a way to make worldly success become spiritual success.
John 3:6 'That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.'
The ONLY WAY to heaven is to be born again and follow the way of the wind.
John 3:8 'The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth; so is every one that is born of the Spirit.'
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A Brilliant Disguise For Sin

"And as we wind on down the road, our shadows taller than our souls, there walks a lady we all know, who shines white light and wants to show, how everything still turns to gold."
Our carnal life casts a big shadow and often times it darkens the truth we want to be.
Romans 7:19 'For the good that I would, I do not; but the evil, which I would not, that I do.'
This is humility, a humility far too many Christians believe they must disguise in order to appear powerful before the world.  We are only powerful in Christ - not in our own right.  Our shadows and sins are taller than our souls. 
And while we wrestle with these many weaknesses and flaws, there is always this shining temptation to embrace our sins as necessary and acceptable - even justified - everything is still golden.
Until we come to repentance, nothing is golden and nothing is light.  There is a false light trying to convince us that we can sin and be saved, that we can go down the wrong path and still arrive at the right destination.
2Corinthians 11:14 'And no marvel, for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.'
Don't let temptation convince you to obey your weaknesses continuously.

Loyal

"And if listen very hard, the truth will come to you at last, when all is one and one is all, to be a rock and not to roll."
When will the ultimate truth come?  It will come when all is made ONE.
John 10:30 'I and My Father are One.'
John 14:20 'At that day ye shall know that I am in My Father, and ye in Me, and I in you.'
And once we realize He is in us, then we too are One with the Father.  And anyone that is One with the Father becomes a rock, a stable, reliable, trustworthy, loyal soul.  We no longer roll.  We no longer flee.  We no longer grow scared and weary at well doing.
How this song is "transformed" to sound evil and demonic is a mystery to me.  But I have no superstitions about it.  I hear it and it brings me closer to Christ.  I'm not trying to buy my way to heaven.
I'm trying to stay on the right path like a rock that will not be moved.
Colossians 1:23 'If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel . . .'
Amen

Now, I have heard all sorts of interpretations about this song.  Frankly, I don't give much credence to those who say it is from the devil and if you listen to it and have a doubt- then never listen to it again.  For me, it think it just may be a truly spiritual song, disguised because of the genre of rock and roll.  Who knows for sure- NO ONE, except the author (and he is not telling).  Aside from all this.. I was sitting in the recliner listening to this song and it didn't take long for me to associate this song with Jesus.  Here is what I am referring to.... 

John, Chapter 1
45 Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, “We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, wrote: Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” 

  46  Nathanael said to him, “Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?” 

Philip said to him, “Come and see.” 


  47  Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said about him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!” 

  48  Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?” 

Jesus answered him, 
“Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.” 

  49  Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are King of Israel!” 

  50  Jesus answered him, “Because I told you, ‘I saw you underneath the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these!”   51 He said to him“Most certainly, I tell you, hereafter you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.” 

Jesus is the way to God.  HE is the stairway to HEAVEN!!!  You can't buy your way in or sneak in or do something to merit entrance into HEAVEN.  Jesus and only Jesus is the way.  Hold to that thought and never change it.  The picture at the top may show a rainbow that could be a stairway, but it is just a reminder, just like the song is.  Enough said; except that everywhere you look God will teach you something- but you do have to LOOK!!!

From Jim McGuiggan... Baptism for the dead


Baptism for the dead

A reader wonders about the meaning of "baptism for the dead" in 1 Corinthians 15:29. Don’t we all? And don’t we wish we knew for sure?
"Now if there is no resurrection, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them?"
What follows is my present sense of the text. There are difficulties attached to my view as there are to every other view that I’m acquainted with.
The verse belongs to a section in which Paul is arguing the case for the bodily resurrection of the dead so 15:29, whatever it’s meaning, is written to support a pro-resurrection teaching.
I presently think that this means that Paul must have approved of the baptism for the dead. He can hardly argue in favour of a truth by using an argument or a practice that he thoroughly disapproves of. If we suppose some Corinthians were practising something he thought was false how would it help his argument to use their false doctrine and practice? You can prove a man is inconsistent in what he thinks but how does that prove that what you think is true?
I presently think that this baptism for the dead must have had universal approval with the Corinthians. If it had been the practice of only a splinter group of (near) heretics in the assembly, it would have been no use as an argument in favour of the bodily resurrection. Let’s imagine—just for clarification—that a large segment of the Corinthians were denying the bodily resurrection of the dead and that a smaller group within that large segment was practising a bizarre rite of baptism. [Let’s suppose they were being baptized to benefit others that were already dead.] How would it help Paul if he picked on the bizarre rite of that minority group? The majority would say, "So, you show them to be silly, but how does that prove your case? We agree with you that they’re silly but we don’t practise such a baptism so what’s the point in bringing it up?" This baptism must have had community approval or it is (I think) a worthless argument and I know Paul didn’t make worthless arguments.
Let me repeat. Picture Paul saying, "There are some of you practising baptism on behalf of dead people and that makes no sense if there is no bodily resurrection." The majority—that also denied the resurrection—would say, "We don’t practise such a baptism because it’s silly. So what has your point to do with us?" They would be right! That’s why I think the baptism for the dead must have been approved by the whole Corinthian assembly.
This baptism must have had the resurrection in view or it wouldn’t relate to the truth that Paul was trying to establish. Suppose these people were being baptized to benefit people in the after life and weren’t concerned about a future bodily life. (Greeks commonly believed in an afterlife but most thought bodily resurrection was nonsense—compare Acts 17:31-34.) Imagine Paul saying to them, "See, you are inconsistent, you are being baptized relative to the resurrection and yet you deny there is a resurrection to come." They might respond, "You don’t know what you’re talking about. The baptism we practice has nothing to do with the resurrection for the simple reason that we don’t believe in the resurrection." That would make Paul look stupid because it would show he has misunderstood their practice. None of us thinks that Paul was stupid. The baptism they were engaging in was related to the resurrection and it was the Corinthian scepticism that was off the wall.
This leads me to say that the only baptism that meets all three of these requirements is water baptism as it’s presented throughout the New Testament. Paul fully approved of that, it was universally received in the Corinthian assembly and it related to the resurrection of the dead. [Ephesians 4:1-6; Acts 18:8 and Romans 6:3-7 and elsewhere.]
Paul has been arguing the truth of the coming bodily resurrection of Christians in 15:1-19. He digresses (only slightly) but returns to his point in 15:29. The opening word of 15:29 ("epei") and what he goes on to say indicate this. In 15:29 he seems to say, "What do you think of people that practise a baptism that relates to the resurrection of the dead and don’t even believe in the resurrection of the dead?"
In the NT people became Christians by faith by being baptized into union with the once dead but now living Christ (Acts 2:36-41; 18:8, Romans 6:3-7 and elsewhere).
They were baptized into Christ who is the (resurrected) firstfruits of those that have died (15:20).
Paul said that it is in that resurrected Christ that all will be made alive (15:21-22) and believers were baptized with that resurrection in view (Romans 6:3-7). This was standard practice because there was only one Christian baptism and it related to the resurrection of all believers in the resurrected Christ (Ephesians 4:3-6, 1 Peter 3:21, 1 Corinthians 12:13, Romans 6:3-7, Colossians 2:12 and 3:1-4).
The baptismal practice of the Corinthians wasn’t peculiar to them; it was the practice of the universal church so it was nonsense to practise such a baptism and deny the resurrection. The fact that he argues from baptismal practice to the truth of bodily resurrection shows how critically important the early church took this ordinance to be. It was universally practised as part of the Christian faith and those that practised it were silly if they denied bodily resurrection.
So I think the baptism he speaks of is the water baptism that people underwent in order to enter Christ by faith in order that they might be partakers of the resurrected life of which he was the promise.
Let me summarise:
I think when Paul spoke of baptism for the dead he was speaking of the "one baptism" in NT faith (Ephesians 4:5). That is, baptism in water.
I think he called it baptism "for the dead" because NT baptism relates to union with the Christ with a view to sharing in his glorious resurrection. Baptism by faith in the crucified but resurrected Christ affected the future of the one being baptized! It wasn’t simply for the forgiveness of sins (past, present and future) it was also to ensure that they would be raised to life and immortality. Baptism exists as a witness to the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. Baptism was and is faith seeking to share in Christ’s life and immortality.That and much more is the meaning of baptism in the Christian faith—it is unto the resurrection of the dead.
It would have been nonsense for the church to practice a baptism that joined people to the living (resurrected and immortal) Christ if the resurrection of the dead was false. And the person that underwent such a baptism was ensuring his own resurrection. At least that was the meaning and purpose of baptism as taught by the apostles and early church. A person or a community that denied the resurrection of the dead should not undergo a baptism that is to secure a future and glorious resurrection (by union with Christ).
Paul says (so I understand him), "What do you think of a people that practice a baptism that is meant to benefit the dead by bringing them a share in the glorious resurrection of Jesus Christ when if what they believe is true there is no resurrection of the dead?"
Paul would insist in his own teaching that baptism into Christ was baptism to benefit the dead (on behalf of the dead). This was not simply an individual conviction; it was the conviction of the entire community of believers. To practice baptism into Christ is to practice a baptism to benefit the dead!
If there’s any merit in this then it permits us to make the three initial points of the previous piece. The baptism of 15:29 is approved by Paul. The baptism of 15:29 is the practice of the universal church. The baptism of 15:29 relates to the subject he is dealing with—the resurrection of the dead.

©2004 Jim McGuiggan. All materials are free to be copied and used as long as money is not being made.

Many thanks to brother Ed Healy, for allowing me to post from his website, the abiding word.com.

From Mark Copeland... Ashamed Of Jesus And His Words?


                          "THE GOSPEL OF MARK"

                 Ashamed Of Jesus And His Words? (8:38)

INTRODUCTION

1. Jesus taught that discipleship can be costly... - Mk 8:34
   a. It requires denial of self
   b. It demands bearing hardship
   c. It involves following Jesus despite the cost

2. Following Jesus may be embarrassing for some... - Mk 8:38
   a. For as then, so today, we live in an adulterous and sinful world
   b. Where others often ridicule you for your faith in Jesus
   c. As they try to weaken your resolve to follow Jesus

[Yet Jesus warns why we should not be ashamed of Him (in view of His
glorious return). In this lesson I hope to encourage you as to why you
should never be ashamed of Jesus and His words...]

I. DO NOT BE ASHAMED OF JESUS

   A. CONSIDER WHO HE IS...
      1. As confessed by those who saw Him
         a. John the Baptist:  "The Lamb of God, who takes away the sin
            of the world" - Jn 1:29
         b. Nathaniel:  "The Son of God, the King of Israel!" - Jn 1:49
         c. Nicodemus:  "A teacher come from God" - Jn 3:2
         d. The 5000:  "Truly the Prophet who is to come into the world"
            - Jn 6:14
         e. Peter:  "You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God" - Jn 6:69
         f. Thomas:  "My Lord and My God" - Jn 20:28
         g. Paul:  "The blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings
            and Lord of lords" - 1Ti 6:15
         h. John:  "The faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead,
            the ruler over the kings of the earth" - Re 1:5
      2. As professed by Jesus Himself
         a. "I am the bread of life" - Jn 6:35
         b. "I am the light of the world - Jn 8:12
         c. "I am the door" - Jn 10:9
         d. "I am the good shepherd" - Jn 10:11
         e. "I am the resurrection and the life" - Jn 11:25
         f. "I am the way, the truth, and the life" - Jn 14:6
         g. "I am the true vine" - Jn 15:1
         h. "I AM" (a declaration that He is the Eternal One, that is,
            God) - Jn 8:58
      -- The veracity of such statements has been established by His
         resurrection! - cf. Ro 1:4

   B. CONSIDER WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID...
      1. "I am an historian, I am not a believer, but I must confess as
         a historian that this penniless preacher from Nazareth is
         irrevocably the very center of history. Jesus Christ is easily
         the most dominant figure in all history." - H.G. Wells
      2. Henry G. Bosch, author of Our Daily Bread, summed it up nicely:
         a. "Socrates taught for 40 years, Plato for 50, Aristotle for
            40, and Jesus for only 3. Yet the influence of Christ's
            3-year ministry infinitely transcends the impact left by the
            combined 130 years of teaching from these men who were among
            the greatest philosophers of all antiquity."
         b. "Jesus painted no pictures; yet, some of the finest
            paintings of Raphael, Michelangelo, and Leonardo da Vinci
            received their inspiration from Him."
         c. "Jesus wrote no poetry; but Dante, Milton, and scores of the
            world's greatest poets were inspired by Him."
         d. "Jesus composed no music; still Haydn, Handel, Beethoven,
            Bach, and Mendelssohn reached their highest perfection of
            melody in the hymns, symphonies, and oratories they composed
            in His praise."
         e. "Every sphere of human greatness has been enriched by this
            humble Carpenter of Nazareth."
      -- Jesus is the most famous person who ever lived, how can we ever
         be ashamed of Him?

[We have no reason to be ashamed of Jesus.  But it is not only Jesus
Himself, but His words...]

II. DO NOT BE ASHAMED OF HIS WORDS

   A. CONSIDER THAT MANY ARE ASHAMED...
      1. That Jesus taught and warned about hell - Mt 10:28; 13:41,47-50
      2. That Jesus taught He is the only way to salvation - Jn 8:24;
         14:6
      3. That only few would be saved, not even some who believe - 
         Mt 7:13-14; 7:21-23
      4. That He taught one must believe and be baptized to be saved
         - Mk 16:15-16
      5. That He taught there is only one ground for divorce and
         remarriage - Mt 19:9
      -- People show their shame when unwilling to believe and stand for
         what Jesus taught

   B. CONSIDER THE POWER OF HIS WORDS...
      1. They are the words of God - Jn 3:34
      2. They are spirit and they are life - Jn 6:63
      3. They are the words of eternal life - Jn 6:68
      4. They are the words by which mankind will be judged - Jn 12:48
      5. They are the words by which we enjoy fellowship with God - 
         Jn 14:21,23
      6. They are words which when obeyed lead to answered prayer - Jn 15:7
      7. They are words which give peace in a troubled world - Jn 16:33
      -- In light of such power, how can we be ashamed of His words?

CONCLUSION

1. When properly considered and understood, we have no reason to be
   ashamed...
   a. Of Jesus - who He is, what He has done, what He is doing, what He
      will one day do
   b. Of His words - what they are, what they mean, what they can
      accomplish in our lives

2. When Jesus returns to raise the dead and judge the world...
   a. If we are ashamed of Jesus, He will be ashamed of us - Mk 8:38
   b. If we live for Him and follow His words, He will glorify us! - 2Th 1:7-12

May we ever be able to sing the hymn with sincerity:  "I'm not ashamed
to own my Lord, Or to defend His cause; Maintain the honor of His Word,
The glory of His cross." (Paul G. Glaser)...


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